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Translated from the Latin Vulgate
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THE OLD TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Douay
A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT
First Published by the English College at Rheims
A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared withthe Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard ChallonerA.D. 1749-1752
St. Paul, having preached the faith in the island of Crete, he ordainedhis beloved disciple and companion, Titus, bishop, and left him there tofinish the work which he had begun. Afterwards the Apostle, on a journeyto Nicopolis, a city of Macedonia, wrote this Epistle to Titus, in whichhe directs him to ordain bishops and priests for the different cities,shewing him the principal qualities necessary for a bishop. He alsogives him particular advice for his own conduct to his flock, exhortinghim to hold to strictness of discipline, but seasoned with lenity. Itwas written about thirty-three years after our Lord's Ascension.
Titus Chapter 1
What kind of men he is to ordain priests. Some men are to be sharplyrebuked.
1:1. Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according tothe faith of the elect of God and the acknowledging of the truth, whichis according to godliness:
1:2. Unto the hope of life everlasting, which God, who lieth not, hathpromised before the times of the world:
1:3. But hath in due times manifested his word in preaching, which iscommitted to me according to the commandment of God our Saviour:
1:4. To Titus, my beloved son according to the common faith, grace andpeace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Saviour.
1:5. For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set inorder the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in everycity, as I also appointed thee:
1:6. If any be without crime, the husband of one wife having faithfulchildren, not accused of riot or unruly.
1:7. For a bishop must be without crime, as the steward of God: notproud, not subject to anger, nor given to wine, no striker, not greedyof filthy lucre:
1:8. But given to hospitality, gentle, sober, just, holy, continent:
1:9. Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, thathe may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince thegainsayers.
1:10. For there are also many disobedient, vain talkers and seducers:especially they who are of the circumcision.
1:11. Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching thingswhich they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
1:12. One of them a prophet of their own, said: The Cretans are alwaysliars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
1:13. This testimony is true. Wherefore, rebuke them sharply, that theymay be sound in the faith:
1:14. Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn